Zhou Ling handed the notebook to Si Yan and patted Xiaohua on the shoulder to comfort her.
"No, that bridal sedan chair was probably meant for Zhang Da. Since you were fine after touching it and riding in the carriage, you won't be in trouble in the future."
As the association handled more cases and came into contact with all sorts of people, even the cold-faced beauty's temperament softened considerably.
Xiaohua finally believed it, and hugged the policewoman's arm tightly, saying, "That's good."
Si Yan and Jiang Nuo were looking at the records together when Si Yan suddenly asked, " Zhang Da said he's had nightmares about ghosts and spirits for several nights in a row. Did he give any specific details?"
Xiaohua shook her head. "No... I was afraid of hearing about this kind of thing online, so I stopped him from continuing."
Si Yan didn't ask any more questions. " Zhou Ling, take two people to the scene of the crime and check if there are any bridal sedan chairs or new graves in the woods along the road."
"Good."
Zhou Ling nodded, and just as she stepped out, she bumped into Qi Lin, who was coming in again.
"Young Master! There's another case at the East City Police Station."
Qi Lin's tone was strange, and his voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
Si Yan frowned, still examining the body. "Let the investigation team handle it."
Qi Lin scratched his head. "That corpse looks a lot like this one; both have dark complexions and are shrouded in a sinister aura."
Si Yan looked up in surprise, "Time of death."
"Early morning of May 4th."
Song Zheng exclaimed in surprise, " Zhang Da's time of death was also around this time!"
Jiang Nuo realized this was no simple matter and suggested, "Bring them in along with the corpses."
Only through comparison can we make a joint assessment.
"Good."
A few minutes later, two police officers from the East City Police Station, the deceased's girlfriend Su Min, and the deceased on a specially made gurney entered the room.
What are you all doing here?
Xu Qiao, a police officer from the Chengdong Police Station, was surprised, but when he saw the Zhang Da corpse in the room, he suddenly understood.
He greeted Song Zheng and then explained the details to Si Yan.
"The deceased, Yi Ran, was a 27-year-old male, a full-time illustrator. He lived with his girlfriend Su Min, in the Early Spring Residential Complex in the eastern part of the city. Five days ago, after Su Min reported him missing, Yi Ran locked himself in his study and then committed suicide without explanation."
Su Min, who was next to the gurney, burst into tears again, clinging to Yi Ran's body.
Xu Qiao said, his brows furrowed, "The problem lies in the time of death. Su Min said Yi Ran locked himself in the door on the morning of May 5th, but the forensic examination determined the time of death to be the early morning of May 4th."
There is a time difference of nearly 24 hours.
Su Min quickly retorted, "Impossible! Yi Ran and I stayed at home all day on the 4th, how could I not know when he died!"
"There are security cameras... I have cameras in my living room, and the police have seen them, so why won't you believe me!"
Xu Qiao showed his phone to Si Yan, which contained copied surveillance videos.
"The surveillance footage shows that Yi Ran was indeed living a normal life on the 4th, and the technical center has determined that the surveillance footage is without fault."
"Oh, right, there's one more suspicious point," the policeman next to Xu Qiao mentioned. "The autopsy results confirmed it was suicide; the fatal wounds were in the chest and abdomen, from stabbing himself twice with a fruit knife."
"Based on the arrangement of the wounds and the amount of bleeding, the second cut was made about three minutes after the first. Usually, at this point, the arms would be weak due to pain and bleeding, but the second cut was deeper than the first."
Upon hearing this, Song Zheng couldn't help but ask Jiang Nuo, "Could it be possession by a ghost?"
Jiang Nuo shook her head, her gaze still fixed on Yi Ran's corpse. "There are no signs of being possessed by a ghost."
"Strangeness..."
He murmured something, his gloved fingers gently stroking the side of the corpse's neck, where lines gradually appeared.
This change startled Su Min, causing her to take several steps back. "This..."
Jiang Nuo glanced at her, then looked down at the corpse, and asked Si Yan beside her, "What is this thing? I've never seen it before."
Si Yan also shook her head, "Never seen it."
It looks more like lines drawn with a brush.
This case has even more suspicious points. There are no signs of being possessed by a ghost like Zhang Da, but there is a strong sense of yin energy and bad luck surrounding it.
Yi Ran committed suicide in the early morning of May 4th, but Su Min only witnessed it on May 5th. With so much blood, it was impossible to hide it.
Even if it's Ghost Killing, the extra 24 hours in between are suspicious.
Si Yan could only think of the spacetime chaos caused by the Ghost Domain for the time being.
Jiang Nuo remembered Zhang Da mentioning dreams in the taxi, so she asked Su Min, "Has your boyfriend been having nightmares lately?"
Su Min's eyes widened, "Yes!"
As if her memory had been suddenly awakened, Su Min couldn't wait to say, "It was about a week ago... Yi Ran had nightmares for two nights in a row. After waking up, he dreamt that someone gave him a phone number."
"He's usually quite bold, and maybe he was just bored, so he dialed that number. The call went through, but there was no sound, so Yi Ran had to hang up. We didn't think much of it..."
Jiang Nuo immediately took out her phone, "Do you remember the number?"
"I don't remember... Oh right! There should still be call logs on Yi Ran's phone."
Su Min took out her Yi Ran phone, hurriedly wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, and suddenly her hand began to tremble uncontrollably.
"No... how could it be gone...?"
Her tone and emotions were extremely agitated; the successive blows had clearly brought Su Min to the brink of collapse.
"I can't find it..."
Su Min stared blankly at Jiang Nuo, "I really didn't lie, the call went through... how could it not have..."
"Perhaps it was tampered with by a ghost."
Jiang Nuo blurted out, tilting her head to look at Si Yan, "See if it's in the surveillance footage?"
While they were talking, Si Yan had already found the surveillance video from that day. The video did indeed show Yi Ran and Su Min sitting on the sofa chatting, and then making a phone call.
Si Yan zoomed in to look, only to see the video distorted for several seconds before the screen went dead.
Who was called and what was said were all hidden by this distorted image.
"This is really weird."
Xu Qiao had never seen anything like this before; goosebumps rose all over his body beneath his police uniform.
" Qi Lin, go and create the files; investigate both cases simultaneously."
"OK."
Qi Lin carefully put away both police reports and asked them to leave. "We'll contact you again after the results are out. Your cooperation may be needed during the investigation."
After seeing everyone off, Song Zheng, fearing he would be left to donate blood again, was the first to slip out the door.
Jiang Nuo walked back and forth between the two corpses, his hands behind his back. "I have a feeling there's something strange about these corpses."
But it can't be discovered immediately.
Si Yan: "If it was killed by the same vengeful ghost, then its target was quite clear."
Ghost Killing usually don't spare bystanders when they kill, unless it's someone seeking revenge, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Jiang Nuo suddenly stopped in her tracks, "A vengeful ghost!"
"What?" Si Yan asked, puzzled.